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This study examines the metaphor generation process, in which an expression consisting of a topic modified by certain features becomes a metaphorical expression of the form ”TOPIC like VEHICLE”, through model simulation and psychological experiments. A computational model of metaphor generation has been developed that includes an evaluation mechanism[4]. The model assumes two processes within metaphor generation. First, vehicle candidates are generated within a candidate metaphor generation process, and then, the candidates are evaluated within an evaluation process. This study focuses specifically on examining the timing of the evaluation mechanism with a simulation and psychological experiments. The results support the claim that the evaluation mechanism follows the metaphor generation mechanism within the overall metaphor generation process.
This research is supported by MEXT’s program ”Promotion of Environmental Improvement for Independence of Young Researchers” and Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (23700160).
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Terai, A., Abe, K., Nakagawa, M. (2012). Examining an Evaluation Mechanism of Metaphor Generation with Experiments and Computational Model Simulation. In: Villa, A.E.P., Duch, W., Érdi, P., Masulli, F., Palm, G. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2012. ICANN 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7553. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33266-1_50
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